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Utah girl killed by falling rocks at Glacier National Park

A 14-year-old Utah girl was killed Monday when falling rocks struck the vehicle she was riding in at Glacier National Park in Montana.

According to the National Park Service, the teenager — whose name and hometown have not been released — and her family were traveling westbound near the East Tunnel on the Going-to-the-Sun Road about 7 p.m. Monday when rocks struck the top of the vehicle and shattered the back window.

The rocks were between fist-sized and 12 inches in diameter, according to a news release. The park estimated the debris from the fall would have filled the bed of a pickup.